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  • Birthday 12/07/1971

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  1. ah well, i guess this is the wrong place to post this question...
  2. yeh, i have a brightness issue with CMBB and am using version 40.xx drivers with Powerstrip 3.28. is powerstrip a registered version? it may have passed it's shareware license. but i don't think pstrip does that, does it? it just has a startup screen that gets longer and longer until you decide to ither buy it or uninstall it. powerstrip doesn't appreciate changing the drivers. it's often best to uninstall pstrip BEFORE changing drivers. then reinstall it after the new drivers are setup. what OS are you using? winXP is supposed to have no problems with updating to newer drivers [tho i disput that] and with win98SE it is best to uninstall w/o reboot, then use Detonator Destroyer [from www.voodoofiles.com ] to remove the left over driver files that may conflict with your newer drivers. then reboot. set up your display as standard PCI VGA... reboot again [you should prolly be in 16 colour mode now... that's good] NOW install your drivers and hopefully everything should be fine. i think this is the same setup for winME but i hated winME so i never used it more than a few weeks b4 abandoning it for win98SE and/or winXP Pro so i wouldn't know. detonator destroyer might be ok for win2000 also. best to check for compatibility. cheers das
  3. erm.. i have the feeling i'm gonne be slagged off and eventually sent to coventry for saying this, but - will the next version of CM have a more user friendly interface? the one at the mo for CMBO and CMBB is very clunky and awkward. i can't see how it could be a major problem to have the mousewheel [surely most users now have mousewheels as standard?] used as the height adjuster? and 'hold&right click' for viewing left/right? the interface now is so slow and although using ctrl/ left click to go to a destination is useful, often you need to fine tune your facing, which you need to do a lot of mouse clicking/moving to get the correct facing. it's very laborious way of getting around. this is my ONLY gripe about CM. purists will call me a philistine but the amount of time to make a move would be greatly reduced with a better interface. ok ok, CM is more a tactical exercise than a 'game' but it would be better for everyone if we could move about the map more usefully. [i think this is where someone tells me to go and play Close Combat or Sudden Strike] thanks das
  4. louie, i've seen this before. an enemy tank sits there doing nothing for a couple of minutes and the thinking is, "they're gonnas! concentrate on some real threats"... then the bugger comes to life! this is were the crew have possibly taken a casualty and are in a "shocked" state. they're not doing much cos they've just lost their commander or driver or whatever... then, after a couple of minutes the buggers get a grip and start pasting any of my guys they can see! i think that's pretty cool. served me right for ignoring them instead of finishing them off. cheers das
  5. hi, the germans had a nightmare of a time dealing with the KVs, never mind the T34s! and the PzIIIs generally had 37mm cannons [peashooters? doorknockers?] until '42 when the 50mm L60 became a standard, but i think there was a shorter version of the 50mm cannon in late '41? academic really cos it won't penetrate a KV at over 500metres unless sheer volume of fire causes popped tracklink, gun damage or a state of panic in the crew forcing them to bale. i agree with the guys here, why bother moving in? i find that russian tanks - without optics - do quite well at ranges when german tanks sit still for any decent length of time. if a german tank sits there taking pot shots at you for 3-5 mins/turns, then the russki gunners begin to find their mark and make their shots count. of course, as has been said already, a platoon of german tanks with "doorknockers" will concentrate fire upon a single russian vehicle and make it count. cheers das
  6. hi, is there any way to set the mousewheel to move the view up and down? also, the way to move the view left/right is slow and laborious. isn't there some kind of mod to improve the interface? something along the lines of; right click hold & move mouse for looking around [or just left and right?] and the mousewheel for views up and down? i realise i can ctrl click to get somewhere instantly and do a 180 with a key press but there's no change from CMBO [which i also think is a classic game!] and i have always found the intercae very clunky. other than that...great game. i love it! cheers das
  7. hi all, with the russian/german, pacific, desert rat mods, etc. does the mod overwrite CM:BO? so that you have to stick with the new mod until you reinstall back to CM:BO to try something else? i haven't tried one of these mods yet as i've just reinstalled and there are still scenarios/ops i wanna try in ;BO and don't ant to have to uninstall/reinstall everything. am i right in thinking the mods overwrite BO data? thanks das
  8. thanks guys, i've just reinstalled everything and had to do a little editing with the BIOS, disabling ACPI, etc, etc. installed 28.32 drivers. gonna give it a go now..fingers crossd! cheers das
  9. great stuff, tom. but i wonder if anyone has been getting slow dloads on their cable connection? i have a 512k line and i'm only getting 5-10kbps,occasionally 18 or 20... but mostly below 10kb.. er.. in fact, at derkessel the dloads have been slow...ie, roughly same as at tom's site but with rate fluctuating more. dammit!! it's my connection, isn't it? sorry bout that tom cheers das
  10. cheers, mate. but i wasn't really asking for help as such as i'd already found it reading some of the other posts. i've just updated to 28.32 drivers, the movie isn't on the uk CD as they used more protection [safedisc 2 , i think, as my backup doesn't work]with the space - and it uses quicktime. no, i was just saying that this is a great game with a few bugs. in fact, it is one of the best kind of games because of its potential for expansion. like the close combat series. with the mods you get more than just one game! god, i love this game. cheers das
  11. i do have some problems with this game. the fonts disappearing in the 3d world/map for one; the autorun going into uninstall/repair/reinstall screen; no movie [ukversion]; and confusion as to why the MOD selector app from the 2nd CD has a lot of the building/terrain mods crossed out[ie, unavailable] and when i click on them it expects me to know the location of them! that one really doesn't make any sense! why release a Mod Selector program with mods that seem to be recognised by the program but don't know where they are? and i was looking forward to having high rez buildings , roads, etc. but i have to admit the vehicle mods are beautiful. the level of detail is superb and makes the game look so damn good when high rez tigers slide out of a hedged lane and start shooting up high rez cromwells,churchills, shermans. this is the best WW2 game since Close Combat 2. to the creators [and the mod writers...yes] well done! a bloody classic thanks das
  12. my fonts become black [i suppose] in the 3d world/map so are unreadable. updating to drivers 27.10 and over should do it, eh? i'll give it a shot. thanks das
  13. you should find that the geforce 2 MX400 64mb version will cope more easily with higher resolutions like 1024x860 and over. and this card is quite cheap at the moment.ok, so it's not top of the range but it runs modern games well, runs quite fast and doesn't heat up the way the old geforces used to. heck, it doesn't even have a fan on it [tho i've put one on anywys]... not that it needed it... i just o/clock occasionally. hope this helps das
  14. i just wish i could see the damn movie! i installed quicktime but it still just goes into the start/options page w/o any sign of a movie. tried looking for it on the CD but no luck. ah well....
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